Russia and the Current State of Arms Control

Abstract

Arms control remains the central issue in U.S.-Russian relations. This is so for many reasons, not least of which are the respective capabilities of these two states and their consequent responsibility for preventing both nuclear proliferation and the outbreak of war between them. Thus the state of the bilateral relationship is usually directly proportional to the likelihood of their finding common ground on arms control. To the extent that they can find such ground, chances for an agreement on what have been the more intractable issues of regional security in Eurasia and the Third World grow, and the converse is equally true. Because of the centrality of this issue for Russian and U.S. defense and foreign policies, we are pleased to offer this volume, the second in a series of monographs that originated in the third annual conference on Russia held by the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) at Carlisle Barracks on September 26-27, 2011. The chapters focus on Russian developments in light of the so-called New Start Treaty that was signed by Russia and the United States in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2010 and ratified by both states later that year. This panel, like the others at the present and previous conferences, allowed experts from the United States, Europe, and Russia to gather together for a candid and spirited discussion of the issues. In this panel, we assembled three well-known U.S. specialists, Former Ambassador Steven Pifer (Ambassador to Ukraine) of the Brookings Institution; Dr. Jacob W. Kipp, formerly of the Army's Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, KS; and Peter R. Huessy of the Air Force Association, to discuss these perspectives. As could be expected, their views often diverge, but are also far ranging and frank, as befits scholarly discussion and expert debate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA565482

Entities

People

  • Stephen J. Blank

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Defense Systems
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.